[CPEO-BIF] Rochester, New York school plan scrapped

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plans to house school in building declared a brownfield scrapped

David Andreatta
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY)
July 30, 2009

The Rochester School District has abandoned plans to open two schools 
this September in a former factory recently declared a brownfield, 
citing community concerns over contamination.

The district had agreed last year to lease the property, at 690 St. Paul 
St., for 15 years for nearly $1 million annually, and had planned to 
house the new Dr. Walter Cooper Academy and School 14 there this fall. 
Nearly 1,000 students from School 33 were temporarily housed at the site 
last school year.

Education officials said the two schools, which together are expected to 
enroll upward of 300 students, will open at the former School 37 
building on Congress Avenue.

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For the entire article, see
http://rocnow.com/article/local-news/200990730025

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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